Molly Dickson, eight, suffered bruises to her leg and burns to her clothes after the firework hit her leg.

A video of the scene at the Lonsdale Road celebrations was today uploaded to YouTube.

Although the footage is unclear, screams can clearly be heard as crowds ran away from the explosion.

Nick Greenwood, volunteer manager for 1st Crosby Scouts, said: “A stray firework from a nearby garden caused two minor injuries and a plastic cap which fell off one of our fireworks caused a minor bruise to another member of the public.

“All three people were treated at the scene by members of the Red Cross who were in attendance and did not need to go to hospital”.

Molly’s mum Nicky Dickson told the ECHO: “We were stood closest to the display and after about half an hour a firework exploded right towards the crowd. Everyone just ran.

“I screamed at my kids to run but it hit our eldest, Molly, in the leg. It was chaos.

“Molly was hysterical and Bethany was in a state of shock.

“I had just turned around with the pram where Emily was sleeping. If I hadn’t turned around, the pram would have been where Molly was. It’s not worth thinking about what could have happened.

“Luckily Molly wasn’t burnt but she has a massive bruise on the back of her leg and a circular burn mark on her leggings.

“Her leg is all bandaged up and she’s gone to school on crutches today.

Molly Dickson, 8, suffered large bruises and burn marks to her clothing after a misfired firework at a Formby display hit her in the leg

“I heard that other people were hurt but we didn’t see - we were in the Red Cross tent looking after Molly. Everyone had gone by the time we came out.

“They were instructed to end the display after that. The police took all the fireworks away.”

A police spokeswoman last night said: “Merseyside Police can confirm that officers attended Lonsdale Road, Formby at around 7.40pm. Organisers of a fireworks display cancelled the remainder of the event, after a firework, thought to be faulty, misfired into the crowd.

“Three teenage girls were described as receiving minor injuries that were treated on site by medics. Officers have since taken the remaining fireworks from the site to a secure location, where they will be collected by Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service.”

The neighbourhood police’s Twitter feed added: “I assure you that rumours of yobs throwing fireworks into the crowd are totally unfounded and non-evidence based.”